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Perhaps part of the reason for the silence is that people aren’t getting the information out of Iran that they need to get them off their backsides and into the streets.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 12, 2026

“We are working our backsides off, we feel unfulfilled, and we think, ‘For what?’”

From MarketWatch Jan. 10, 2026

A stirring which became an explosion as James Slipper, Jake Gordon and Tom Wright hit the Lions with three tries in mere minutes and put them on their backsides.

From BBC Jul. 26, 2025

To its embarrassment, the Katy ISD Board of Trustees realized that its “nudity” bans had extended to several elementary school library books depicting cartoon backsides.

From Salon Dec. 30, 2023

But the fire burned hot that morning, and they drank their tea standing up, turning around slowly to warm their backsides.

From "Huntress" by Malinda Lo